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ALFRED LEROY WYANT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1948 – August 2, 1968
Service recordAlfred Leroy Wyant, of Titusville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Titusville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 2
- RICKY EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM TRAINORPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- ROBERT STEVE WILHOITLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
From Titusville
- MERLIN HOWARD VROMANSergeant First Class · July 21, 1967
- PATRICK CYRIL CARTNEYSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- DONALD R PHILLIS JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.